Dice agitator



DICE AG ITATOR Filed May 21, 1951 INVENTOR BY H IS ATTORNEYS Patented July 12, 1932 UNITED STATES mor. AGI'TATOR Application filed May 21, 1931. SeriaI No. 538,916.

This invention relates to a tubular dice agitator and it causes a die or dice used in playing games for amusement to be thoroughly shaken or agitated by gravitation.

It is intended to prevent unfair manipulation of a die or dice. After the dice have been dropped into the top opening of a tube the shaking they receive is entirely automatic and the result is beyond the control of any human agency.

The novel combinations of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a vertical section of a device embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

In the drawing is shown a cylindrical tube 5 open at both ends and preferably made of 29 stiff cardboard, but could be made of leather,

metal, or of a composition, such as rubber or bakelite, and provided with a fixed sleeve 6 encircling the bottom and top of the tube.

In the upper part of the tube is situated a bar 7 having ends 8 looped over the top and hooked into the side of the wall. The lower sleeve in conjunction with the end of the tube serves to support the device in an upright position ona table or other object. The bar is equipped with an eye 9 made by looping said bar centrally.

A movable stem 10 has a similar loop to en gage the eye of the bar. The stem has a series of integral branches or projecting prongs 12 extending radially from the stem at difierent levels, formed by doubling the wire back and forth. The tips of the branches are curved so that when they impinge on the interior of the tube they will not injure it. The base of the stem is substantially +shape so that the dice will finally stripe the lower prongs.

The device when used is held in one hand or placed on a table. The die or dice are dropped into the tube at the top opening. They naturally fall downward and in their descent strike the projecting branches which the bar, and a series of branched members through a passage which momentarily re'-' tards or prevents the dice from passing through the tube without striking these :projecting branches. Finally the dice come to rest on the table in front of the player.

What I claim is:

1. A dice agitator comprising a tubular member, a stationary bar fixed in the tube near the top, a movable stem suspended from projecting from the stem.

2. A dice agitator comprising a tubular member, a stationary bar fixed in the tube near the top, a movable stem suspended from the bar, and a series of branched members projecting radially from the stem.

3. A dice agitator comprising a tubular member, a stationary bar fixed in the tube 7 near the top, a-movable stem suspended from the bar, and a series of branched members projecting radially from the stem at different levels.

4. A dice agitator comprising a tubular 7 member, a stationary bar secured in the wall of the tube near the top, a wire member hingedly suspended from the bar extending I to near the bottom of the tube, and a series of branched integral members projecting radially from the stem at difierent levels.

5. A dice agitator comprising a cylindrical tubular member open at the top and bottom, a stationary bar secured in the wall of the tube near the top, a wire stem member hi'ngedly suspended from the bar extending to near the bottom of the tube, and a series of branched integral members projecting radially from the stem at different levels the lower branch being substantially +shaped.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EUGENE A. SAVARY.

causes the dice to tumble about striking all parts of central stem member which is suspended and is free to move about back and 50 forth and partly around as the dice fall PATENT OFFICE 

